Paper-roll fixture



(No Model.)

' 0. H. HICKS.-

PAPER ROLL FIXTURE.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER H; HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER-ROLL FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of: Letters Patent No. 469,855, dated March '1, 1892.

' Application filed December '7, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

v Be it known that I, OLIVER H. HICKS, a citiaen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement n Paper-Roll Fixtures, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of wall-fixtures for hanging paper 1n rolls-such as toilet-paper-in which the fixture involves a wall-plate and a pendent pivotal hanger which assumes a downward and forward inclined position when supporting a roll of paper against the wall and descends toward a perpendicular position as the diameter of the roll decreases by tearing sec- 1 tions from it.

The objects of my invention are to provide a construction of hanger which shall facili tate the operation of adjusting a-roll of paper in place, to provide simple and effective means for locking the roll in its adjusted position, and to provide improved means forexerting friction strain against the ends of the roll to afford practically uniform resistance to unwinding from it. It may here be stated that the several objects thus enumerated are not necessarily interdependent, but that I design to provide for the accomplishment of any or all of them in the same device.

My further object is to provide a generally improved construction of paper-roll fixture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a View in rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device, showing it as applied to a wall and carrying a roll of toilet-paper. Fig. 4: is a broken perspectiveview of a detail of the hanger.

A is the fixture, comprising as its essential features a wall-plate B, having hinged to or pivotally connected with ita hanger C, formed of separate arms 1" and 11'', adapted to support a roll of paper D and independently movable on their pivotal axes in their connection with the wall-plate for facilitating ad j ustment into place of the roll. As a means for affording a suitable connection of the hanger with the wall-plate I provide the latter with a bearing g at its lower edge, which hearing, as shown, is in the form of a longitudinal section. of a Serial No. 414,292. (No model.)

cylindrical tube having its open'side at the back of the wall-plate. The arms r and 'r", forming the hanger, are connected with the wall-plate at the bearing q in a manner to and a short cylinder or boss 0', extending fromthe arm 1" toward the cylinder 0. The relative lengths of parts 0 and 0', forming thedi- Vided roll-support, may be according to variation in details of the construction and mode of operation of the hanger. Thus the part 0 may be a mere boss, shorter than illustrated, when for facilitating adjustment of the roll D the arm r might be stationary, since to effect the adjustment conveniently, the movable arm r would only have .to be raised to bring the boss 0' sufficiently out of alignment with the part 0 .to permit the paper roll to he slipped endwise upon the latter, when by lowering the swinging arm the end of the roll adjacent to the boss would be sufficiently yielding to pass the latter till it coincides with and enters the end of the cylindrical aperture through the center of the roll.

It is desirable that at least one of the arms of the hanger be sufficiently yielding in an outward direction to enable the adjacent end of the roll when lowered to pass it with slight resistance, and this construction also enables the boss or part 0 to be made the longer and accordingly to penetrate the farther into the central opening through the roll. As hereinbefore suggested, however, it is preferred that both arms 1" and r shall be pivotal, since then either may be raised out of alignment with the other for adjusting the roll upon it; and it is also preferred that both parts 4" and r of the divided hanger C be laterally yielding in their pivotal bearings, since then the relative length of the parts 0 o of the roll-support is immaterial. Furthermore, the yieldingness of the arm or of either arm should be of a resilient nature, so as automatically to resume after being forced outward the normal ICO position, wherein they clamp the rollat its opposite ends and thus afford the desired friction against too ready turning of the roll' IO ferred to, I provide the arms of the hanger (or one of the said arms) at the branches 1) 1) thereof with a coiled spring n, surrounding it and confined endwise in a socket m. Thus the desired tension is maintained for the clamping eifect of the hanger-arms against the ends of the roll D, which may be readily applied with the fixture in position on a wall by raising, say, the arm 7", slipping the roll upon the part o'of the support for it, and lowering it to coincide at its aperture with the part 0', which is drawn out against the resistance of the spring m to permit the adj ustment and released to fly back and clamp the roll when brought into position.

here the fixture is used, in public places particularly, it is desirable to lock the roll against removal. This I accomplish by providing a suitable lock in the connection of the hanger with the wall-plate, an especially advantageous form of which is that illustrated, comprising a notch or recess 1 near the inner end of the branch 19 of the rotary hanger-arm 1-, which recess extends only part way around the said branch, and a springstop k, extending from the rear side of the wall-plate B into the recess Z when coincident with it. Thus when the roll D has been adjusted on the support 0 0 it connectstogether the two parts of the latter to prevent them 40 from beingindependently raised or both from being simultaneously raised far enough to bring the recess or notch I out of engagement with the stop 7c. hen the roll is exhausted or approximately exhausted, the arm r may be raised high enough or lowered far enough to bring the locking-recess Z past the stop and the plane surface of the branch 10, representing its full diameter, against the free end of the stop, thereby forcing the latter outward and permitting the branch 1" to pass it and be withdrawn out of the end of the usual remnant of the roll to permit the same to be removed on raising the arm r for the adjustment of another roll D.

There are probably other ways than the way herein shown and described of renderingthe arms of the hanger 0 independently swinging. One, but a less desirable, way which suggests itself to me is to hinge the arms or form them in sections connected by hinges without necessarily rendering them pivotal in their connection with the wall-plate. This and other forms of construction for accomplishing my purpose are intended to be included within my invention.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination, with the wall-plate, of a hangervformed with separate arms adapted to support between their free ends the roll of paper, one arm at least being pivotal to swing independently of the other and one arm at least being laterally yielding inits connection with the wall-plate, substantially .as described.

2. In apaper-roll fixture, the ,CQlIlblllflilQll, with the wall-plate, of a hanger formed with separate arms adapted to support between their freeends the roll of paper, one arm at least being pivotal to swing independently of the other and one arm at least being laterally yielding in its connection with the wall-plate, and a lock for securing the hanger when the said rod is adjusted in place, substantlally as described. I

3. In a paper-roll fixture, the comb nation of the wall-plate having a hanger-bearing up on it and a hanger formed with arms adapted to support between them the roll of paper and having branches extending into the bearing and pivotally connected with the wallplate to swing independently of each other and one of which arms at least is laterally yielding, substantially as described.

4. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination, with the wall-plate, of a hanger extending therefrom and formed with independentlyswinging arms relatively yielding in a lateral direction at their connection with the wallplate and adapted to support between their free ends the roll of paper, substantially as described.

5. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination, with the wall-plate, of a hanger extending therefrom and formed with independentlyswinging arms relatively yielding resiliently in a lateral direction at their connection with the wall-plate and adapted to support between their free ends the roll of paper, substantially as described.

6. In a paper-r011 fixture, the combination, with the wallplate, of a hanger extending therefrom and formed with pivotal independently-swinging arms relatively yielding resiliently in a lateral direction at their connection with the wall-plate anda roll-support comprising the parts 0 0 of a divided bearing extending between the free ends of the hanger-arms,substantially as described.

7. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination, with the wall-plate, of a hanger extending therefrom and formed with pivotal independing to yield relatively ina lateral direction,

a lock comprising a recess in a branch of one of the hangers and a spring-stop on the wallplate to enter the recess, and a divided rollsupport between the free ends of the hangerarms, substantially as described.

9. In combination, a paper-r011 fixture comprising a wall-plate, a. hanger formedwith separate arms connected with the wall-plate to swing independently of each other and yield laterally with relation one to the other, a divided roll-support between the free ends of the hanger-arms, and a roll of paper on the said support, substantially as described.

10. A paper-roll fixture comprising, in combination, a wall-plate B, having at its lower edge a hanger-bearing q, a hanger formed with as described.

' OLIVER I-I. HICKS. In presence of- M. J. FROST, A. P. COBB. 

